" i need to laugh, and when the sun is out, i've got something to laugh about. i feel good, in a special way. i'm in love and it's a sunny day." good day sunshine, by the beatles

my husband and i are on vacation this week. i guess it should be phrased as a "staycation" as we are staying home. our daughter is expecting her first baby- well her due date was this past tuesday and the little guy still has not put in an appearance! i have had my bag packed for so long that my clothes are all wrinkled. actually, i had to re-pack it a few days ago. our daughter lives about 4 & 1/2 hours away, so it is going to be a bit tricky to get there right on time. we thought we were being so smart in having this week off( next week we are scheduled to work 6 out of 7 days- it is our weekend to work). i think that gavin( our grandson) is going to be born next week- just our luck, right?

to cheer ourselves up, as he always does, we picked up  our other grandson  from daycare today. gabriel is 21 months old and a ray of pure sunshine. he jabbers on and on- i can understand about 50% of what he says and what a handful he is! we all had a nice lunch on the front porch, then we took a walk. i will loosely call it a walk because my husband and i took turns carrying the little guy on the way back home. my husband made the mistake of picking up a rock( he is re-rocking our bedroom fireplace) and putting it  in his pocket. gabriel wanted to help out, so he picked up a rock and put it in granddads pocket. then another one. then another one..... and before long, granddad was sagging!( where was my camera when i needed it!!??)  best of all, his shorts fell down. we all had a good laugh, and since we live in the country, the only other living beings that witnessed this were the birds, and they promised not to tell.

even with worrying a little about my daughter, when she will deliver, will the baby be o.k.,etc. i have to admit being off work has been wonderful. i have had plenty of things to do and i do not miss work. i think that when i retire- in a few more years- i will enjoy the time. i think that doctors blame "stress" too much for our health issues. (remember what happened to me? it was in my last blog). that said, i have sure enjoyed being away from a very stressful job. i think that my overall health has been better this week. i got to go to zumba yesterday- yeah! when i retire, i will be able to go to zumba at least three times a week. that is if i can still walk by then. you can bet that i will definitely  be wearing my silver coined belly scarf though. got to show them that this grandma can still ring up some sales!

there has been a lot of discussion about which thyroid medicine is better- which one to try now that some are not available. i think that this is different for everyone, and sometimes it is a trial and error process. no need to stress out about it, and personally i am sick of the natural versus synthetic argument. take the one that works best for you. period. equally important medicine is plenty of laughter, sunshine, exercise and ( if you are lucky enough) a healthy dose of a grandchild or two. this seems to be the best medicine of all- definitely the most fun.